Visiting Fellow, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis

Overall Responsibility:

This position will serve as a part-time member of AFPI's Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis (OFRA) team. The Visiting Fellow will work directly with senior members of OFRA, contributing external academic perspective and expertise to OFRA's policy portfolio across fiscal, regulatory, government efficiency, and other areas. This position would be a good fit for established academic researchers passionate about engaging with applied policy work and shaping policy conversations.

Department: Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis

Reports to: Executive Director of OFRA

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Contribute external academic perspective and expertise to OFRA's policy portfolio in your area of established expertise;
• Advise OFRA senior staff and Research Engineers on methodological and strategic questions in your area;
• Participate in OFRA convenings, events, and policy conversations to advance the team's work;
• Mentor junior OFRA staff;
• Clearly champion AFPI's servant leadership culture;
• Operate with discretion in an environment that requires information security.

Consults with:

• The rest of the OFRA team;
• Other economic and technical teams at AFPI;
• Support staff;
• Interns.

Type of Employment: Part-time, unpaid.

Qualifications:

• A doctorate in a quantitative or policy-relevant field;
• A well-established research and publication record in fiscal, regulatory, government efficiency, or another OFRA-relevant policy area;
• Demonstrated experience translating academic research into applied or policy-relevant work;
• An interest in or experience with interdisciplinary research;
• Familiarity with frontier AI models is a plus;
• A deep quantitative integrity and respect for the scientific process;
• Excellent attention to detail and communication skills (both oral and written);
• Ability to maintain productive, collaborative, and collegial relationships with staff and external stakeholders and uphold the public reputation of the organization;
• An entrepreneurial mindset that seeks out new opportunities to grow and advance the mission of AFPI.

Salaries for positions will be commensurate with the experience, expertise, and skills of the individual. Please send a cover letter, resume, salary requirement, writing samples, and references.

AFPI is a non-profit, non-partisan research institute offering competitive salaries and benefits to qualified candidates.